Accidents - House repair or construction materials - 50+ years old - Year 2006 - Upper Trunk

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Date: 12/25/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT FELL BETWEEN RAFTERS AT HOME AND INJURED CHEST 2 DAYS AGO DX// CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2006	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT FELL 8 FT OFF ROOF. DX: CHEST CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2006	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: House repair or construction materials, Fuel storage tanks
54 YOM METAL ROOFING AT GAS STATION HIT HIM IN HEAD WHILE PUMPING GAS ( SNOW STORM) STRAIN RIGHT SCAPULAR AREA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2006	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: House repair or construction materials
FELL OFF ROOF, PAIN TO L HIP AND ARM DX: FX 9, 10, AND 12 RIBS, PELVIC FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2006	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: House repair or construction materials, Motor vehicles or parts
PT CLIMBING OFF HIS ROOF W HEN TRIED TO PIVOT OFF TAILGATEOF PICK UP T RUCK & FELL ON TAILGATE. D:RIB FX, L2-L3 FXS, PAIN. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/03/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: House repair or construction materials
TRAUMA CHEST WALL.PT.REFERS FALLING DOWN FROM TOP OF ROOF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2006	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT FELL OFF ROOF. DX: CHEST WALL CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2006	Age: 90 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT WAS FIXING HOLE IN ROOF AND FELL ONTO ROOF. DX: R RIB PX, LIKELY FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2006	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: House repair or construction materials, Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes
RIB FRACTURES.PT WAS ON ROOF GETTING LEAVES OUT OF GUTTERS AND FELL.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/09/2006	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: House repair or construction materials, Plants, trees and shrubs
PT FELL 8-10 FT FROM GARAGE ROOF WHILE TRIMMING TREES, RIBS FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/29/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: House repair or construction materials
TRIPPED FELL,LANDED ON A BRICK LT RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2006	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT FELL 10 FT OFF ROOF. DX: T11 COMPRESSION FX, ALCOHOL INTOX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/25/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: House repair or construction materials
52YOM MOVING SHINGLES CHEST WALL PAIN ACUTE ANXIETY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2006	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT LOST BALANCE & FELL ON CEMENT, CONTUSED RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2006	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: House repair or construction materials
LEFT RIB CONTUSION,NASAL AND CLAVICLE FRACTURE.PT FELL OFF A ROOF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2006	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT FELL OFF ROOF DX: T3 COMPRESSION FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/21/2006	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF THE CHEST WALL BY FALLING FROM A ROOF AT HO ME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2006	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: House repair or construction materials
C/O PT STATES FELL AND TRIPPED ONTO SIDE DX RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2006	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: House repair or construction materials
CONTUSION CHEST - 56 YOM FELL AGAINST A 2X12 BOARD HITTING CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2006	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT FELL 12 FT OFF ROOF. DX: CHEST PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2006	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: House repair or construction materials
CHEST PAIN-STARTED WHILE ROOFING-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2006	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: House repair or construction materials
FELL FROM THE ROOF OF HOUSE AND FX RIBS AND PELVIC
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/06/2006	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: House repair or construction materials, Floors or flooring materials
PT WORKING ON THEIR ROOF, FELL THROUGH THE RAFTERS 10 FT HITTING CONCRE TE FLOOR BELOW, NO LOC DX: LIVER LAC, MULTIPLE RIB FXS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/04/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: House repair or construction materials, Knives
CHEST PAIN - PAIN AFTER CUTTING PLASTERBOARD WITH CARPENTERS KNIFE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/04/2006	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: House repair or construction materials, Extension or straight ladders
CHEST CONTUSION: MULT. CONT'S: UP ON LADDER REPAIRING LEAK IN ROOF ON 2ND FLOOR, FELL 12 FT OFF LADDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2006	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: House repair or construction materials
WAS PUTTING UP ALUMINUM SIDING - DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN. CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 06/15/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: House repair or construction materials
PULMONARY CONT. PT FELL OFF ROOF INJURING CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT FELL FROM ROOF AND FRACTURED RIBS DX: LEFT FIFTH AND SIXTH RIB FRACTURES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2006	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: House repair or construction materials, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows
PT FELL OFF ROOF TRYING TO GET INTO WINDOW OF SISTER'S HOUSE. DX: UNSTAB T11 FX, HX PROSTATE/KIDNEY CA, BRAIN LESION, ALCOH INTOX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/13/2006	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: House repair or construction materials
L 6TH-9T RIB FX'S:R FLANK HEMATOMA;L1,L4 TRANSVERSE PROCESS FX'S OF VER TEBRAL SPINE:WORKING ON ROOF @ HOME,LOST BAL. FELL 8 FT TO GROUND
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 04/11/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT SLIPPED AND FELL OFF ROOF. DX: L RIBS 9, 10, 11 FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT FELL 12 FEET OFF ROOF C/O PAINI N CHEST SOB CHEST WALL CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT HELPING HUSBAND BUILD A GARAGE AND MOVING A CINDERBLOCK AND FELT A P AIN IN CHEST STRAINED CHEST MUSCLES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT HAD 16 FOOT FALL OFF ROOF OF BUILDING. +LOC. LANDED ON SIDE. D: RIB FX. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/21/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: House repair or construction materials
THORACIC STRAIN-FELL ON PIECE OF *** UNDER SNOW-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2006	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: House repair or construction materials
PATIENT FELL 10-12 FEET OFF THE ROOF. DX-PNEUMOTHORAX, RIB FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/10/2006	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: House repair or construction materials, Stairs or steps
FELL ON STAIRS CARRYING SHEETROCK UPPER CHEST STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2006	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT REMODELING BATHROOM AT HOME, LIFTED DRYWALL ABOVE HEAD, STRAINED CHE ST MUSCLES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2006	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: House repair or construction materials
FELL 15 - 20 FT OFF ROOF DX THORACIC COMPRESSION FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/06/2006	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: House repair or construction materials
83 Y/O M INJURED R SIDE OF CHEST WHEN FELL AGAINST EXPOSED BEAM AT NEI GHBORS HOUSE. DX; CHEST CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2006	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: House repair or construction materials
FELL THRU ROOF @ HOME DX RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2006	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: House repair or construction materials, Air compressors
CHEST WALL STR. PT STRAINED CHEST WHEN ROOFING HIS HOUSE AND FELL ON AN AIR COMPRESSER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: House repair or construction materials
53 YO FELL OFF ROOF LANDED ON CHEST CONTUSION CHEST WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2006	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: House repair or construction materials
FELL OFF ROOF AND FRACTURED MULTIPLE RIBS
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

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